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pentahydric

pentahydric adjective: having five hydroxy groups.

Adjective

pentahydric (not comparable)

  1. Having five hydroxy groups.

Origin of pentahydric

From penta- + hydric.

Questions about pentahydric

What does pentahydric mean?
Pentahydric means having five hydroxy groups.
What part of speech is pentahydric?
Pentahydric is an adjective.

Words near pentahydric in the dictionary

  1. pentahexes
  2. pentahistidine
  3. pentahydrate
  4. pentahydrated
  5. pentahydrates
  6. pentahydric
  7. pentahydride
  8. pentahydrides
  9. pentahydrite
  10. pentahydroborite
  11. pentahydrocalcite

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